The Car/Motor is going through its SECOND Rebuild so I have decided to document everything for shits and giggles (and because I have no job right now and am EXTREMELY bored
) For the people that do not know the History of this Car, I will briefly explain it to you. Here goes . . . . .I purchased the Car in March of 2004. The Car was pretty clean minus a few dings, dents, unnoticebale scratches, and it was missing the beloved Si Front Lip. It was also rocking some disgusting 17" White Motegi MR7's, with JDM CTR Center Caps. The first disaster happened when I went to have my Timing Belt and Water Pump replaced at 90K Miles. I was low on Money and my Brother-in-Law did the work for me at a Shop He was working at. I paid the $200 and left. About 2 Weeks later I was going to Work and when I entered the Parking lot, i noticed that my Power Steering was no longer working and that my Battery Light went on. I parked the Car, popped the Hood and to my astonishment saw that the PS and AC Belts had fallen off of the Crankshaft Pulley. I managed to slip the AC Belt back On and just cut the PS Pulley so it would not get tangled up. I did not know that that day my Car would fall Victim to a snapped Timing Belt. On the way back Home from Work, the Timing Belt snapped
At this point I decided since the Motor was going to be fixed, I might as well replace EVERYTHING and fully Build it. I knew what I was looking for and went to Work. After 4 grueling Months the Car finally ran and 3 Months later Tuned and I ALMOST achieved my Goal of 200whp and150lbs/tq (191whp & 140lbs/tq)The Car ran very well and I was happy with my accomplishments. Untill my Hondata started going haywire. Comes to find out, my Tune was corrupted and I needed to have it Re-Tuned due to the Shop having a Computer issue and losing only MY Tune . . . . . Car was re-Tuned and made 191whp and 148lbs/tq. The Car ran a tad bit better and I was happy I was finally done with the Motor . . . . . . . . .
Then comes the most recent tragedy. I was going up to Northern MA for my first Auto-X when something dreadful happened. The Car just died on me and Me, my Girlfriend and a few Friends were stuck in a Parking Lot for almost 100 Miles away from Home . . . with no idea what happened. Once we finally returned Home (due to the help of my good Friends Tow Truck hook-ups
) I managed to find out that several Teeth from the Timing Belt broke off and I again . . . . did some serious Damage. New Valves, Valve Guides, Head Gasket, Valve Seals, and timing Belt were purchased and I was off to work . . .for the SECOND time. Once the Head came back from the Machine Shop I was off to work to get this thing started. We ran into several more problems (Car would not Start) and figured there could have been a problem with the Valve Lash. My Brother-in-Law came to the rescue again (
) and said that the Timing was off when we KNEW the Timing was right. Me being the idiot I am and being very desperate, went ahead and worked on the Car with Him to fix the Timing issue . . . . which was NOT the issue. The real issue had been with the Valve Lash and from us cranking over the Motor so many times, caused MORE serious issues.Right now the Head is BACK at the Machine Shop gettting inspected to see if there is massive damage to the Valves or not. If not, then they can be repaired. If they are, new ones will need to be sourced. This Car has caused several problems financely and emotionaly. Several Family Memeber and Friends would like me to just get rid of it and stop, but I can't. I must complete this Project that I have started. For others that do not know, the past couple of Months have been really hard. My Girlfriend and I were Pregnant and lost the Child due to a Miscarriage at about 2 Months into the Pregnancy. We have been VERY low on Cash and I just recently lost my job. The only support I have for my Car is my GF, a few Friends, ad the Forums. This Car WILL be Completed and absolutely NOTHING will stop me.
